User:Chrisjj
Chrisjj is a keen supporter of MediaMonkey and since early 2007 has been using it to manage a library of now 16,000 tracks and sync to portable devices.
Recommended Configuration
The installation-default configuration may not be as you want it. Consider the following adjustments:
- Switch to a more Windows-standard (and less colourful) program appearence
- At Tools | Options | Skins, set [X] Override Skin theme with Windows System theme (requires restart)
- Disable the crossfade that occurs on switching tracks
- Click Tools | Options | Output plug-ins, select MediaMonkey DirectSound output, click Configure, uncheck Crossfade tracks
- Disable the end-of-track silence removal that causes playback's track transition to lose gaps
- Click Tools | Options | Output plug-ins, select MediaMonkey DirectSound output, click Configure, uncheck Remove silence at the beginning / end of track
- Note: This won't restore gaps if none exist in the track files e.g. if your track files are trimmed of terminal silence
- Click Tools | Options | Output plug-ins, select MediaMonkey DirectSound output, click Configure, uncheck Remove silence at the beginning / end of track
- Disable the fade-in/out that misleads and slows play operations
- Click Tools | Options | Output plug-ins, select MediaMonkey DirectSound output, click Configure, uncheck Smooth pause, Smooth seek and Smooth stop.
- Change the Windows Regional and Language Settings Date to international standard yyyy-mm-dd - MediaMonkey does respect this setting for its own date display (except for this.
- Disable the storage of non-ASCII characters in WAV files that causes garbage appearence in e.g. WinAmp, GoldWave, Windows Media Player
- Follow this workaround - note arciale is not otherwise factually correct.
- Change Date information storage in MP3 files to the legal format such that it displays in compliant programs such as WinAmp (may cause incompatibility with iTunes)
- Follow this
- Change the quick search to search only Title, Artist, Album, Album Artist and Genre (not e.g. lyrics
- Follow this
Problems
- V3.0.3.1187 1187 Conversion to WAV garbages non-ASCII chars
- V3.0.3.1183 Device config can revert to default Playlist path
- V3.0.3.1183 Same-named playlist causes loss upon sync
- V3.0.3.1183 Failure of Auto-sync to detect tag changes
- Problem and partial workaround: http://mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=33369#p170610
- V3.0.3.1170 Blanking Artist can lose Album Artist value
- V3.0.3.1164 Storage of illegal TDRC frame in MP3 ID3 V2.3 tags
- V3.0.3.1164 Muddling together of multiple albums with same title and artist
- Problem and workaround: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23659
- V3.0.3.1164 Various failures to sync to portable device.
- V3.0.3.1164 "Intentional" failure of sync setting change to take effect
- Problem and workaround: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=146499#146499
- V3.0.3.1164 Rescan of files fails to update library for deleted tags
- Problem and workaround: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=146409#146409
- V3.0.3.1150 No Undo! This makes potentially disasterous a careless drag of tracks to the wrong album.
- V3.0.3.1148 Multiple artist support fails to comply with MP3 standard
- Problem: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27934
- Update: V3.0.3.1155 release reports a fix that may address this.
- V3.0.3.1148 Tags edits can cause messups on ';' character
- V3.0.3.1155 Playlist import can miss tracks
- V3.0.3.1183 Delete from device shows Path on Device wrongly
- V3.0.3.1148 Fails to show WMA Year tag values having non-digits e.g. 1941-03-14 (such as delivered by tango.info tagging).
- V? Reportedly by default can write faulty (i.e. non-compliant) Year in MP3.
- V3.0.3.1148 Leading dot on Artist/Album name can cause missing files on device sync
- V3.0.3.1148 default config for Creative ZEN writes unusable playlists
- Problem and workaround: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27789&highlight=My%20Playlists
- V3.0.3.1148 Playlists synced to Creative ZEN fail to show on ZEN Media Explorer
- V3.0.3.1148 Multiple-used tracks can be lost from Creative ZEN playlists
- Problem and workaround: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=125919#125919
- V3.0.3.1183 embolding of playing track causes displacement and possibly truncation